Metformin & keto... can I do both?


(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #21

It’s possible that the dose can be lowered, but the person in question should only undertake that in consultation with his or her physician. Dr. Phinney considers metformin an extremely safe drug, and he will often keep patients on metformin, he says, even after withdrawing all their other blood-pressure and blood-sugar medications.